Qatar: Conference to Look at Islamic Project Financing

— Doha will host the second Annual World Islamic Infrastructure Finance Conference next month. The conference comes as project finance transactions in the Middle East are expected to reach more than $1 trillion USD in the next decade, with Qatar alone consuming $130 billion USD for large-scale power and water, liquefied natural gas, oil and petrochemicals projects. The theme this year is "Partnering with Conventional Financial Institutions & Developers to Capture the Boom in Infrastructure Development.' It will look at new mechanisms for financing complex transactions and the outlook for the next wave of mega-deals Sponsors include Borouj Capital, Barclays Capital, MasrafAl Rayan, Ernst & Young, Al Safa Islamic Bank, Doha Islamic Bank, Calyon Corporate & Investment Bank, Fitch Ratings, Doha Bank, International Center for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF), Calyx Financial, KPMG, DLA Piper and Qatar Airways...